Month: March 2016
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Notes on Today’s Speech By Dr. Tal Becker
Dr. Tal Becker, a prominent thinker and adviser to Israel, gave today’s speech in synagogue (B’nai Israel, Rockville, MD). Overall my takeaway was: good that we are talking about a positive message and identity for Israel rather than a victim-y one. Bad that there was no mention of G-d in this message. But many good […]
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Grateful To Be Alive
I was so moved by something this missionary said on TV. CNN interviewed him about what it was like to survive the terrorist attacks that took place in Brussels this week. I can imagine that if I were G-d-forbid wrapped in head-to-toe bandages for any reason – especially after a monstrous, horrific terrorist attack – […]
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How to Get Organized
Sometimes it helps to have these common-sense reminders handy: 1. Wake up an hour early. Stick to a schedule while you’re at it. You’ll sleep better too. 2. Get your priorities in order – one day, when you’re relaxed. You should know the top 5 by heart. 3. Make a list of to-dos every morning. […]
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5 Telltale Signs of a Challenged Corporate Culture
Think of corporate culture as the human spine. If it’s well-formed and agile, it supports the body well over time; if it’s bent out of shape inside, the body winds up in enormous and constant pain. Unfortunately, when an organization is misaligned, the pain is felt not only companywide but also by its individual employees. […]
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RIP, Andy Grove
Best known as the CEO of Intel, Andy Grove was a Holocaust survivor who went through hell: “By the time I was twenty, I had lived through a Hungarian Fascist dictatorship, German military occupation, the Nazis’ “Final Solution,” the siege of Budapest by the Soviet Red Army, a period of chaotic democracy in the years […]
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It’s Better Not To Think
Awhile back Allen Adamson wrote a book called Brand Simple which really lays out neatly why brands are so appealing: They prevent us from having to do the difficult work of thinking. In a world where our brains are constantly being pummeled with stimuli, helping us to think a little less reduces our stress level. The job of a […]
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Why I Support Trump (Response To A Leftist Friend)
Let’s agree that class, sex/gender, race/culture/ethnicity make the world unfair. Let’s also agree that the privileged classes routinely exploit the weaker ones. What is the best way to stop this from happening? It is tempting to follow the people who cater to victimization thinking. But the problem always is that they don’t respect you – […]
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what the world looks like at 6 a.m. to a bum
You get off the train and there are people already on the street who have never gotten off of it. You see bright lights ahead of you, a path. You are going to work. The people who live on the street…the ones you call “bums” when nobody else is around. The ones who scare you […]
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Bring Back The American Dream
This country was built on three dreams, all of them related to freedom: * I can worship G-d as I please, or not worship at all* I can become rich beyond my wildest dreams* I can be myself regardless of what other people think Unfortunately our history is full of the bad things we did […]
2016 Diary - Dannielle Blumenthal 